Luke 12:54
He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
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- 1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'" 45 It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
- Matt 16:2-4 : 2 But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' 3 In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times! 4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.
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55When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?
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2But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
3In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!
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52For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
- Luke 17:22-243 verses73%
22He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
23They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,
24for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.
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44It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"
- Luke 21:30-312 verses72%
30When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
31Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.
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26Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
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3If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
4He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.
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40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."
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27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Mark 13:28-292 verses70%
28"Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
29even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.
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27Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
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11When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;
12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."
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34While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
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30It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
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45that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
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21Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.
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27The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
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12"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
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16when he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.
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54When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
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2Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
- Matt 24:32-332 verses68%
32"Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.
33Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
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30and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.
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16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
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35On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side."
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11Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
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25Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
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33Its noise tells about him, and the livestock also concerning the storm that comes up.
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12a full wind from these shall come for me. Now I will also utter judgments against them."
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37A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.
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24When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
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24But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,
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2But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.
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26As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.
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27The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
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10Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
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54When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
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44Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.